Exit Polls Differ Wildly, as Voting Ends - 3 separate exit polls, commissioned by Rustavi 2, ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia & opposition European Georgia, show contradictory results in #GVote civil.ge/archives/261944 United National Movement (ენმ) #Zurabishvili #GVote2018 #GVote18

#Bakradze Admits Defeat, Pledges Support to #Vashadze - David Bakradze announced decision shortly after release of European Georgia -commissioned exit poll, which placed Grigol #Vashadze ahead of Salome #Zurabishvili civil.ge/archives/262006 #GVote #GVote18 #GVote2018 United National Movement (ენმ)

Half time: 1872 polling stations (50.53% of all stations) -Salome Zurabishvili: 38.82% -Grigol Vashadze: 37.68% -Davit Bakradze: 10.26% -Shalva Natelashvili: 4% -Davit Usupashvili: 2.3% -Zurab Japaridze: 2.43% #Gvote2018 #Gvote18 Source: results.cec.gov.ge

Near-final: 3689 polling stations (99.57% of all) -Salome Zurabishvili: 38.66% -Grigol Vashadze: 37.7% -Davit Bakradze: 10.97% #Gvote2018 #Gvote18 Source: results.cec.gov.ge

1/ Voters in #Georgia's Presidential election "had a genuine choice and candidates campaigned freely, but on an unlevel playing field", say international observers, including a 25-strong team from PACE assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/News/Ne…

2/ “Yesterday's voting was well organised, and electors made their choice without restrictions” said the head of the PACE observer team Andrej Hunko. But he also pointed to "an astonishing amount of money" spent in the electoral campaign. Full statement: website-pace.net/documents/1064…

NDI: E-Day ‘Largely Orderly,’ Pre-Election Period ‘Highly Negative’ - Read the statement of National Democratic Institute here: civil.ge/archives/262315 #GVote #GVote18 #GVote2018 #Georgia #Tbilisi Georgian Government Giorgi Margvelashvili

Happening now: #PITA has successfully kicked off a 3-day TOT in combating gender-based violence with 20 of the best and brightest youth members from its #YouthCenters! USAID Georgia UNA Georgia, SMRGeorgia, @usaid_info, #YouthPower, #YouthCAN #Youth #CombatGBV #genderequality

Deputy State Minister Lia Gigauri of SMRGeorgia delivers closing remarks about the importance of raising awareness on GBV and implications of early marriage. #PITA #YouthCenters USAID Georgia UNA Georgia #GenderEquality #YouthPower #GBV

Watchdog Warns Against Social Spending Announcements During Campaign - @TIGeorgiaEng: announcing “new multi-million social programs” ahead of second round runoffs of #GVote “can clearly be characterized as electorally motivated public spending” civil.ge/archives/264685 #GVote2018

Polls Open in Georgia’s Presidential Runoff - Salome #Zurabishvili and Grigol #Vashadze – who finished with 38.64% and 37.74%, respectively – contest the runoff civil.ge/archives/267524 #Gvote2018 #Gvote18 #Ivanishvili #Saakashvili #Bakhtadze #Kobakhidze #Margvelashvili

Discussing the research findings and recommendations on civil the registration and access to identity documents among Roma communities in Georgia. Research by UNA Georgia and OSCE/ODIHR

Today, #PITA's Diversity School was hosting Nikoloz Aleksidze for a lecture on the "Nation, Citizenship and Tolerance." #DiversitySchool #PITA UNA Georgia USAID Georgia

Today, with the support of #USAID’s PITA, State Minister Ketevan Tsikhelashvili and the Deputy State Minister Lia Gigauri presented 2018 report on the Implementation of the State Strategy and Action Plan for Civic Equality and for PDO, CNM, and Inter-agency Commission of the SCEI

“We are all in this together, and we will get through this together, if we act responsibly and think of others.” - Ambassador Kelly Degnan youtu.be/H4UJeWV03xE

Xenophobia is on the rise in GE following a full lockdown of two municipalities after a Marneuli resident was diagnosed with COVID19. The Councils of National Minorities and Religions under the PDO call on everyone to refrain from spreading hate speech. shorturl.at/bwGIU

Robust response to COVID19 requires a robust information campaign. We are working closely with the government and, upon their request, printed more 65,000+ brochures and posters in Azerbaijani and Armenian languages for residents of municipalities in lockdown #UNAG #PITA #USAID

Check out a heartwarming video of #PITA Kutaisi Youth Center and its members reaching out to their friends and peers in Marneuli and Bolnisi, two municipalities in COVID19 lockdown - shorturl.at/dovw7 #UNAG #PITA #USAID #EDEC